[interop] test configs

[Matt Tucker]

Hey all,

When we did testing between djabberd and Wildfire, we found that one
thing that was very helpful was to be able to fake DNS inside each
server. So, if the domain was "example.com", use IP address "X" instead
of doing a real DNS SRV lookup. This let us do s2s testing with just a
couple of minutes of config (although we had to add the fake DNS feature
to Wildfire first). :)

Maybe it's not reasonable to ask everyone to add support for the fake
DNS feature before the interop event. I think JD's suggestion of our own
DNS server is probably a good one. We *should* have a good internet
connection at the venue, but it would suck for that to derail plans if
anything went wrong with it.

Thanks,
-Matt 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: interop-bounces at jabber.org 
> [mailto:interop-bounces at jabber.org] On Behalf Of JD Conley
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 5:07 PM
> To: XMPP interop discussions
> Subject: RE: [interop] test configs
> 
> Well, we should definitely have our config (ip's, subnets, 
> dns servers, dhcp servers for the client guys perhaps) 
> figured out before we get there, otherwise we'll spend half 
> of the first day getting our network setup.
> 
> I like the sub domain idea. That'd probably be easier and the 
> JSF could manage it all both internally and on the internet. 
> For the internal testing it seems prudent to have 
> non-internet local addresses pre-assigned so we could come 
> with our machines prepared. We should also be prepared not to 
> have a route to the internet (who knows) and have a local 
> system serving dns and dhcp. A conference room we could all 
> use to taunt each other with would be nice as well. :)
> 
> -JD
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: interop-bounces at jabber.org 
> [mailto:interop-bounces at jabber.org] On Behalf Of Peter Saint-Andre
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 12:32 PM
> To: interop at jabber.org
> Subject: [interop] test configs
> 
> Well the interop event is coming up fast, eh?
> 
> We need to figure out server / domain configurations. One 
> option is to set up subdomains of a common domain for each 
> server instance, such as:
> 
> ejabberd.xmpp.com
> wildfire.xmpp.com
> 
> Etc.
> 
> These could point to local instances (just in our little test 
> room) or to IPs on the public Internet. What would be easier 
> for people? I have access to DNS for xmpp.[org|net|com] so we 
> could use that, and we could leave those subdomains up for 
> later interop testing (personally I think we might want to do 
> some follow-up testing in the future, not force it all into a 
> day and a half in Portland).
> 
> Peter
> 
> --
> Peter Saint-Andre
> Jabber Software Foundation
> http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.shtml
> 
>